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[A]abruptly [B]account [C]accumulation [D]cited [E]confirm[

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问题 [A]abruptly      [B]account      [C]accumulation    [D]cited        [E]confirm
[F]confronting    [G]emissions    [H]encouraging    [I]energy        [J]gradually
[K]identify       [L]increase     [M]outstanding     [N]recovering    [O]released
    According to new government figures, pollution levels are rising again after several years of gradual decline.
    Data【C1】______ on Friday by the Energy Department show American factories and power plants putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during the first six months of 2014 compared with the same period in each of the past two years. The figures【C2】______ a reversal first seen in 2013, when the trend of steadily falling emissions【C3】______ halted.
    The higher emissions are primarily a reflection of a【C4】______ economy, as American businesses burned more gas and oil to meet higher demand. But the shift also highlights the challenge【C5】______ the Obama administration as it seeks to honor a pledge to sharply cut U. S. emissions of greenhouse gases by the end of the decade.
    Administration officials said the【C6】______  was not particularly surprising given the improving economy, and some pointed to one of the report’s bright spots: Even as the economy expanded, carbon 【C7】______ from automobiles have remained essentially flat, as more Americans switched to fuel-efficient cars and trucks.
    Some also cited another【C8】______ trend in the report: Big jumps in the use of alternative and renewable【C9】______ . Solar, wind and hydropower were up more than 7 percent compared with two years ago, according to the report, and renewable sources now【C10】______ for nearly 12 percent of the country’s domestic energy production. [br] 【C5】
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答案 F
解析 空格位于宾语the challenge之后，故应填入非谓语动词，与the Obama administration构成后置定语，修饰the challenge。后置定语中动词的形式取决于其与被修饰的名词之间的逻辑关系：若为主动关系，则用动词的现在分词形式；若为被动关系，则用动词的过去分词形式。根据上下文语义可知，空格处应填入confronting“面对”，故[F]为答案。
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